Two weeks in the life of a sunspot

Public Release: 4-Aug-2017 From Eurekalert                NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center VIDEO: On July 5, 2017, the Solar Dynamics Observatory watched an active region — an area of intense and complex magnetic…

Volcanic Northern Winters

I see there’s a new study, unfortunately paywalled, which starts out by saying: Observations show that all recent large tropical volcanic eruptions (1850-present) were followed by surface winter warming in…

BLACK MAG: ‘Climate Gentrification’ Could Price Black People Out Of Their Homes

Energy From The Daily Caller Michael Bastasch 3:41 PM 08/04/2017 Black activists in southern Florida worry man-made global warming will change the makeup of traditionally minority communities in the greater…

EPA Ethics Panel: It is NOT Unethical to Question Climate Dogma

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Back in March, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt questioned the human contribution to climate change. The Sierra Club immediately raised an ethics complaint against Pruitt’s climate…

Offshore Wind Turbine Project – Statoil’s Hywind Scotland–A Positive Viewpoint

By Roger Sowell (1) Figure 1 Artist’s Depiction – Hywind Scotland credit Statoil ASA Environmental Statement Background This article is the result of a request by Charles The Moderator (ctm)…

Weather disasters to impact 2 out of 3 Europeans by 2100, study says

The hysteria keeps ramping up~ctm From CNN By Ashley Strickland, CNN Updated 1:38 AM ET, Sat August 5, 2017 Story highlights Heat waves will be responsible for 99% of weather-related…

REPORT: $127 Million Climate Supercomputer No Better Than ‘Using A Piece Of Paper’

  Energy From The Daily Caller Michael Bastasch 11:19 AM 08/03/2017 A new study using an expensive climate supercomputer to predict the risk of record-breaking rainfall in southeast England is…

AIS: An Inconvenient Rally Cry to the Troops

Last night I attended a “special event” at the local Red River Theatres, a rather nice independent movie theater in Concord NH. The event was their premiere showing of “An…

Who’s really lying on climate change? Hint: Their first names are Jerry and Arnold

This is a departure for The Sacramento Bee~ctm By Ben Boychuk Special to The Bee July 27, 2017 2:00 PM Arnold Schwarzenegger really should be careful about calling people liars.…

Current threats to our oceans are revealed

I don’t know where to start.  I really don’t “text mining” oy ~ctm From Eurekalert Public Release: 3-Aug-2017 A new method of surveying published research, which has highlighted current issues…

"New study challenges prevailing theory about how deep-sea vents are colonized"… And hydrothermal oil!

Guest post by David Middleton   July 24, 2017 New study challenges prevailing theory about how deep-sea vents are colonized An article just published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society…

Tesla Model 3 Cancellations: 63k

Guest post by David Middleton What do Tesla and OPEC have in common?  The more they produce, the more they lose. 63,000 people have canceled their Tesla Model 3 orders…

Hurricane drought to end? Models show Hurricane on track for East Coast

While we enjoy a 4300+ day drought of major hurricanes making landfall on the USA, hurricane expert Dr. Ryan MAue opines on Twitter about the possibilities for a Hurricane hitting…

Paleoclimate Cycles are Key Analogs for Present Day (Holocene) Warm Period

Guest Post By Renee Hannon Abstract Detailed pattern correlation of Earth’s temperature changes during the past 450 kyrs reveals observations about several cyclic climate patterns. The past four glacial cycles…

Al Gore Schooled by Mayor of an Eroding Island

h/t Eric Simpson – Al Gore was left floundering when his claims of sea level rise in Chesapeake Bay were challenged by someone who lives there. Al Gore Schooled on…

In South Asia, humid heat expected to surpass fatal levels by the late 21st century

From Eurekalert Public Release: 2-Aug-2017 Deadly heat waves projected in the densely populated agricultural regions of South Asia American Association for the Advancement of Science Share Print E-Mail Hot and…

Risk to Europe's most dangerous pathogens revealed

From Eurekalert Public Release: 2-Aug-2017 University of Liverpool The impact of climate change on the emergence and spread of infectious diseases could be greater than previously thought, according to new…

Earth Overshoot Day: An Anthropocene Fable

Guest post by David Middleton I think future historians will be amazed at how the Anthropocene was filled with more myths and fables than the combined cultures of ancient Greece,…

Millions may face protein deficiency as a result of human-caused carbon dioxide emissions

From Eurekalert Public Release: 2-Aug-2017 Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Key Takeaways: Human-caused carbon dioxide emissions lower the nutritional value of staple crops, increasing the risk for dietary…

Matt Ridley: Britain’s Energy Policy Keeps Picking Losers

From The GWPF Matt Ridley, The Times The liberalised energy markets introduced by Nigel Lawson in 1982, embraced by the Blair government and emulated across Europe, delivered both affordability and…